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This online event explores the theme of rest within higher education andÌýworking with students.ÌýIn a cultureÌýdominatedÌýby speed, productivity, and constant engagement, rest can be difficult to claim, tolerate, or even recognise as valuable.Ìý

Through three linked presentations and a panel discussion, the event considersÌýrest as something that may be experienced as threatening, challenging, or deeply restorative. Speakers will reflect on how cultural expectations, institutional pressures, and professional roles shape attitudes to rest for both students andÌýCounsellors.Ìý

The session invites delegates to think about containment, boundaries, and pace, and how these influence the ways students engage with challenge, uncertainty, and transition. Rather than focusing on fixing or resolving difficulties, the event creates space to reflect on how holding, pausing, andÌýallowing recovery can support growth, learning, and sustainability.Ìý

This reflective and discussion-based event is designed to support professionals working with students to step back,Ìýconsider howÌýtoÌýcreate rest in the work,Ìýthink differently, and reconnect with practices that promote thoughtful, and sustainable ways of working within higher education.Ìý

Event aimsÌý

The main aims of this event are to:Ìý

• offer a reflective space to think about rest when working with studentsÌý
• explore cultural attitudes to rest, productivity and pressure in higher education
• support counsellors and psychotherapists to consider containment, boundaries and limitsÌý
• encourage thoughtful, sustainable approaches to supporting studentsÌý
• facilitate dialogue and connection between professionals working in higher education contexts

Learning outcomesÌý

By attending this event, delegates will learn to:

• develop a deeper understanding of rest as a cultural and psychological concept
• explore how rest is shaped by contemporary expectations, pace, and performance culture in higher education
• reflect on rest as something that can feel threatening or difficultÌý
  Consider why rest can be resisted or avoided by students, counsellors/psychotherapistsÌýand institutionsÌý
• examine the role of containment, boundaries, and discomfort in professional practiceÌýÌý
• explore restorative approaches to working with studentsÌý
• gain ideas for supporting rest, recovery, and reflection within everyday professional practice
• support sustainable professional practice
• reflect on how attending to rest benefits not only students but also counsellors and longevity in the role

Programme

The event will begin at 9.30am and finish around 1pm.Ìý

View the full programmeÌý

Key informationÌý

This event will take place online on Thursday 4 June 2026.Ìý

After booking you'll receive a confirmation email. Full joining instructions will be sent out nearer the event date.

Your booking includesÌý

• approximately threeÌýhours of CPD presentationsÌý
• CPD certificate to downloadÌý
• selected presentation slidesÌý
• access to the on-demand service where you can catch up on the recordings from Thursday 4 June 2026 to Thursday 27 August 2026
• opportunities to network with other attendees through the chatroomÌý

AccessibilityÌý

The event livestream service is available withÌýAIÌýsubtitles.ÌýÌýÌý

The on-demand service will be subtitled and/or transcribed through a reviewed process to ensure accuracy.ÌýÌý

ForÌýaÌýfull list ofÌýeventsÌýEDI and accessibility commitments pleaseÌývisitÌýour website >ÌýÌý

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